[terance]

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Originally Posted by larryminator /img/forum/go_quote.gif a little expensive. Isn't the Imod suppose to be for portable use? I find this dock a little useless because at that price i'd rather buy a DAC.

hey he could tell us exactly where everyone in an orchestra was sitting when the 5.5 iMod came out, imagine how it sounds now?

maybe we can figure out what person wearing a blue suit playing a voilin ate for lunch

at any rate, this looks gorgeous, however I would never buy one, but if you can afford it, and if it sounds $400 better than a normal imod dock, then more power to ya

 

[trose49]

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Originally Posted by terance /img/forum/go_quote.gif hey he could tell us exactly where everyone in an orchestra was sitting when the iMod came out, imagine how it sounds now? maybe we can figure out what person wearing a blue suit playing a voilin ate for lunch at any rate, this looks gorgeous, however I would never buy one, but if you can afford it, and it sounds $400 better than a normal imod dock, then more power to ya

So catty!!!!! WRRRRRRRAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

The point is if it sounds as good as a $1500 cdp and it is portable as well why not!

Many people respect Skylabs reviews and I am one. I find we like similar sound sigs and so now the V-DOCK has a home! And a happy one at that!

 

[terance]

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Originally Posted by trose49 /img/forum/go_quote.gif So catty!!!!! WRRRRRRRAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOW! The point is if it sounds as good as a $1500 cdp and it is portable as well why not! Many people respect Skylabs reviews and I am one. I find we like similar sound sigs and so now the V-DOCK has a home! And a happy one at that!

it's pretty much in the same price range as a $1500 cd player, after you buy the iMod (550+shipping) and that vdock (5XX+shipping) the price is almost the same.

I'm not trying to take anything away from you, or your excitment for a new toy (everyone has that feeling), but the point being that Skylab (or anyone on head-fi for that matter) isn't the be all end all source for saying what does and does not sound good in a price range.

I have nothing against you or skylab, maybe i'm just bitter about getting rid of my ipod and switching to vinyl

keep up the good work ken/vinnie, looks live you've struck gold with this one

 

[trose49]

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Originally Posted by terance /img/forum/go_quote.gif it's pretty much in the same price range as a $1500 cd player, after you buy the iMod (550+shipping) and that vdock (5XX+shipping) the price is almost the same. I'm not trying to take anything away from you, or your excitment for a new toy (everyone has that feeling), but the point being that Skylab (or anyone on head-fi for that matter) isn't the be all end all source for saying what does and does not sound good in a price range. I have nothing against you or skylab, maybe i'm just bitter about getting rid of my ipod and switching to vinyl keep up the good work ken/vinnie, looks live you've struck gold with this one

I agree that one should not judge their purchases soley on a single recommendation from me or anyone else.

For me I have had discussions with Skylab and found that we tend to like similar things regarding a sonic signature of a Headphone, Amp etc.. So his reviews, again for me tend to work out well and have guided some of my purchases. He also has alot of experience with many, many many products so his knowledge of whats available at a given price point is worth it's weight in gold when deciding what else to consider.

Isn't that the point of the forum to use the experience that others have had experience with a given product so you can further explore & discuss things so that ultimately you can decided for yourself if it might be a good fit for you.

Thats why Im here anyway!

 

[trose49]

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I have nothing against you or skylab, maybe i'm just bitter about getting rid of my ipod and switching to vinyl

AHHHHHHHHH! MOTIVE! LOL!

 

[immtbiker]

You could always rip your vinyl to lossless and put it on you iMod via ALAC. It's like killing 2 birds and getting stoned.

 

[shineman]

That is one beautiful hunk of wood!

 

[Icarium]

I think I can get balanced from a 1500 dollar cd player though is the thing. I know V-caps are damned good but even out of a 3500 dollar dac I have yet to hear even lossless through anything that sounds as good as a cd player ;p It does look beautiful though and that thing surely has a smaller footprint than a cdplayer ;p But after hearing a 4th gen imod even if the full on 5.5 gen treatment is 2x better in every way... I find that claim skeptical at best

But hey who knows... perhaps I'll hear one one day and be proven completely wrong.

 

[aluren]

man that is beautiful! but if this v-dock is on par with a good cd player, then i'd say it's worth the price considering you got 80gb of music at your finger tips rather than switching cds left and right... i think i'll get one too if ken makes one that's cheaper (using aluminum instead of wood).

 

[Martin Lau]

How nice ...

 

[trose49]

I may go to the Boston/NE meet if I do I will bring it with me!

 

[Skylab]

Nice, Todd! Welcome to the club. The 5.5 iMod with VCap dock sounds better than my Rotel CDP, I can attest to that. The Rotel is not the highest-end cdp out there, but it was almost $1K a few years back, has high-qual Burr-Brown DACs, HDCD decoding, etc. And the iMod+VCap is definitely better.

 

[trose49]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nice, Todd! Welcome to the club. The 5.5 iMod with VCap dock sounds better than my Rotel CDP, I can attest to that. The Rotel is not the highest-end cdp out there, but it was almost $1K a few years back, has high-qual Burr-Brown DACs, HDCD decoding, etc. And the iMod+VCap is definitely better.

Hey Skylab maybe when you get a chance you could do a shootout with the V-Dock VS some of your sources. Would be nice to see where the dollar cutoff point is for any sound improvement.

For all the Doubters gonna just have to broaden your idea's of what is needed for a quality source because the V-Dock/iMOD combo simply is one to be reckoned with!

 

[Skylab]

Todd:

You gotta skin that iPod, man! It's WAY to white in that pretty dock. Go to decalgirl.com

 

[trose49]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Todd: You gotta skin that iPod, man! It's WAY to white in that pretty dock. Go to decalgirl.com

Im gonna send it to colorwarepc.com. They did my 3rd gen and it comes out sooo sweet. i was going to go with a midnight blue front and white back but I think I need more of a red theme now!

Check out the site it's cool!!! You can color anything. My 3rd gen ipod screen was so beat and when I got it back it looks better then new because then buff the scratches out and then clear coat over the final product. Looks so good!

So what do you think about a mini shootout?